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G. M. 'HUBBARD.

GAG RUNNBR. No. 278,554. Patented May 29,1883.

N. PETERS. Photo-Lithographer. Wnshinglqn. u. c.

UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE. I

GEORGE M. HUBBARD, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORTOO. B.

. NORTH & CO., OF SAME PLACE.

GAG-RUNNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,554, dated May 29, 1883.

Application filed March 12,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. HUBBARD, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have inventeda new and which said drawings constitute partof this specification, and represent, in.-

Figure 1, a perspectiveview of the runner detached; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the loop; Fig. 3, a sectional view; Fig. 4, a perspective view, showing the parts as arranged upon a strap. r r

This invention relates to an improvementin the article of harness -.ha-rdwar e commonly called gag-runneri--that is, the loop attached to the bridle through which the checkrein passes-the object of theinvention being to make a runner which will be of easy adjustment; and it consists in the construction as hereinafter described, and more particularly rccited in the. claim.

The runner A is of substantially the usual shape; but preferably the two ends a b are disconnected and separate the one from the,other,

as seenin Fig. 1. The end I) is provided with a stud, 01, upon its back, the other, a, with a shoulder, 0, upon its front a little distance from the end, and inclined from that shoulder to the point. When the runner is thus divided at its upper-end, the metal should possess a certain amountot' elasticity,so that the two ends may be brought nearly together and react to assume their normal or open position.

B is a loop, vits opening corresponding substantially to the strap or straps upon which the runner is to be placed, In theoutside bar is a notch, f, corresponding to the width of the end act the runner. The loop B is first placed upon the strap 0, as seen in Fig. 3, a little ner is then set upon the strap, the stud dinto the proper hole in the strap to give the required positionfor the runner. Then the loop B is forced down over the ends of the runner below the shoulder c, the ends of the runner closing for this passage of the loop, and then the elasticity ,causing the reaction brings the shoulder 0 over the loop, and thus the parts are firmly held together. At any time when it is desirable to readjust therunner, press the two ends together until the loop can be passed .up onto the strap away from therunner, and

then withdraw the runner from its hole in the strap and set it to the required position and replace theloop. I

I do not wish to be understood asclaiming, broadly, a gag-runner constructed at one end with a stud to enter a hole in the strap, comabove where the loop is to be fixed. The run l bined with a loop around the strap, and arranged to pass over the stud end of the runner, and there engage a shoulder for the purpose of holding the runner to the strap, as I am not the inventor of such a runner, my in- GEORGE M. HUBBARD.

Witnesses I J OHN E. EARLE, J cs0. EARLE. 

